Saturday, November 28, 2009

is anything truly authentic?

Jack saw this on his trip to Gettysburg PA and writes, "We saw a brochure for various attractions that touted "authentic" reproductions of our First Ladies' inaugural gowns. This made me think deeply about the concept of "authenticity." Is it like truthiness? My brain hurts."

This is amazing. Are there standards that high for reproductions? Dictionary.com definition says: not false or copied; genuine. But if it's a repro. that means it's copied; on the other hand it could be a 'genuine' reproduciont so.... i'm just confused. But tell me, based on this definition, what would an 'inauthentic' reproduction be?

I don't usually post the following: newspaper headlines, personal email, craigslist postings, unprofessional websites. I also tend to not crosspost things from other blogs, since I have so much unique material waiting for me to get to it.